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Patent JP-2018080847-A (JP)
Title: Cell-type ice-maker
Inventor: OGAWA YOICHI
IPC: F25C1/045
Filed: 2016-11-14
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cell-type ice-maker including an ice making case on which ventilation holes can be formed corresponding to cells while securing sealing portions of a prescribed width by optimizing an arrangement pattern of a refrigerant passage and formation positions of the ventilation holes in the cells.SOLUTION: A cell-type ice-maker includes an ice making case 10 for making ice of small size. The ice making case 10 is composed of a partitioned frame body 25, a heat transfer plate 26, and a refrigerant plate 27. A lateral dimension and a longitudinal dimension of each cell 11 are different from each other, and a cross-section of the cell is rectangular. The refrigerant plate 27 includes a refrigerant recessed portion 33, and a brazed base portion 34. Ventilation holes 36 are formed on the base portion 34 excluding the sealing portions 37. The refrigerant passage 40 is formed in one stroke by an inlet straight passage 41, an outlet straight passage 43, intermediate straight passages 42, and turn passages 44. The straight passages 41-43 are formed in a state of crossing long-side portions of the cells 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018081177-A (JP)
Title: Image display device and method for controlling the same
Inventor: UMEYAMA MANABU
IPC: G09G3/34
Filed: 2016-11-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display device which corrects disclination and controls a region of back light, the image display device allowing a reduction in degradation of visibility by disclination correction while suppressing the disclination, and to provide a method for controlling the image display device.SOLUTION: An image display device has a plurality of light emission regions, and includes: light emission means capable of controlling a light emission luminance for each of the light emission regions; a display panel for receiving light from the light emission means and controlling transmissivity of each pixel, thereby displaying an image; first correction means for correcting a gradation value of a target pixel which can cause disclination so that the disclination is reduced; and second correction means for correcting a light emission luminance value of a light emission region corresponding to the target pixel so that a change of transmitted light transmitted through the target pixel by the correction of the gradation value by the first correction means is reduced.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018080514-A (JP)
Title: Quality control device for concrete surface shape
Inventor: KUBOTA HIROSHI
IPC: G01B5/18
Filed: 2016-11-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a quality control device for concrete surface shape which can measure roughness depth with sufficient accuracy and can easily perform measurement and quality judgment.SOLUTION: A quality control device 1 for managing the roughness depth of a surface 20a of a concrete base 20 for tiling, comprises: a depth measuring unit 3 for measuring the roughness depth of the surface 20a of the concrete base 20; a quality judging unit for judging whether the measured value of the roughness depth of the surface 20a of the concrete base 20 measured by the depth measuring unit 3 is less than a preset threshold value or not; and a judgment display unit 5 for roughness depth for displaying the quality judgment result of roughness depth.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018082125-A (JP)
Title: Retainer
Inventor: ISHINO TOMOHIRO
IPC: H01L21/02
Filed: 2016-11-18
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a retainer capable of restraining uneven heating of an object by performing adequate thermal insulation between a base material and a support material, thereby suppressing temperature gradient in the base material.SOLUTION: A retainer 10 includes a tabular base material 11 composed of a ceramic sintered compact, and having an upper surface 11A and a lower surface 11B located on the opposite side of the upper surface 11A, a cylindrical support member 12 composed of a ceramic sintered compact, and having an upper end face 12A connected to the lower surface 11B of the base material 11, and a heating resistor 13 embedded in the base material 11. Between the base material 11 and the support member 12, the retainer 10 has a space 14 at least a part of which is provided in the circumferential direction of the support member 12. The space 14 is interconnected with the inner space S1 of the support member 12 via an inside opening A1 formed in the inside surface 12B of the support member 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2018085202-A (JP)
Title: Battery pack
Inventor: SEKIYA TOMOHIRO
IPC: H01M2/10
Filed: 2016-11-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery pack in which collapse of electric cells is restrained.SOLUTION: A battery pack 10 where multiple rechargeable electric cells 20 are arranged in a prescribed direction while being connected electrically includes a pair of end plates 30A, 30B placed, respectively, at the opposite ends in the arrangement direction A of the multiple electric cells 20, and a restraint band 32 fastened on the upper surface of the pair of end plates 30A, 30B by means of the pair of end plates 30A, 30B, and bridged in the arrangement direction A of the multiple electric cells 20 thus restraining them. The restraint band 32 has an insertion hole 34 for inserting a fastener 38. The insertion hole 34 is a long hole elongating in the arrangement direction A of the electric cells 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018085625-A (JP)
Title: Vehicle authentication system
Inventor: MURAKAMI KUNIHIRO
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2016-11-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of communications required per one mutual authentication.SOLUTION: In a vehicle authentication system including a first authentication target device and a second authentication target device between which information is exchanged via a wireless or wired communication path, each of the first authentication target device and the second authentication target device is configured to check the validity of the other authentication target device on the basis of an authentication response request to be transmitted to the other authentication target device and an authentication response received from the other authentication target device as a response to the authentication response request, and each of the first authentication target device and the second authentication target device is configured to transmit, to the other authentication target device, the authentication response to the authentication response request and the authentication response request to the other authentication target device as a first transmission signal when the authentication response request is received from the other authentication target device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A
Patent JP-2017061537-A (JP)
Title: Prion-free nanoparticle compositions and methods
Inventor: NEIL P DESAI
IPC: A61K47/42
Filed: 2016-11-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide prion-free nanoparticle compositions and methods.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a substantially prion-free composition comprising nanoparticles comprising albumin and a substantially water-insoluble pharmacologically active agent. The composition has a prion infectivity of less than about 100 fg/ml. Furthermore, the composition has a prion infectivity of less than about 10 IU-ic/ml. The present invention also provides a method for producing such a composition, the method comprising: (a) removing a prion protein from an initial albumin composition; (b) subjecting a mixture comprising a solution comprising the prion-removed albumin and an organic phase comprising the substantially water-insoluble pharmacologically active agent dispersed in an organic solvent to a high shear condition.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2017042633-A (JP)
Title: Breathable gas supply apparatus with humidifier
Inventor: KENYON BARTON JOHN
IPC: A62B9/00
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blower for a flow generator used in delivery of breathable gas to a patient.SOLUTION: The blower comprises an electric motor with a shaft, an impeller adapted to be mounted on the shaft, and a volute having an air inlet and an air outlet. The volute defines a chamber in which a flow of air is developed upon application of pressure. The volute is molded from a composite comprising a first plastic material and a second plastic material. The first plastic material is rigid and the second plastic material is elastic. The first plastic material and the second plastic material are very different in density and stiffness.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018092711-A (JP)
Title: Fuel cell device
Inventor: KAWAMOTO MASAHIRO
IPC: H01M8/04701
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell device which enables the achievement of a higher efficiency for a warm-up operation.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a fuel cell device 1 comprising: a fuel cell module such as a fuel cell stack 21 having a plurality of cells 22 operable to generate an electric power by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; voltage detector parts such as voltage sensors 25 operable to detect voltages generated by the plurality of cells respectively; and a current detector part such as a current sensor 26 operable to detect a current output from the fuel cell module. The fuel cell device can perform a warm-up operation arranged to warm up the plurality of cells, and a normal operation arranged to generate an electric power with the warm-up operation stopped. The fuel cell device is switched from the warm-up operation to the normal operation if a difference Δv between the maximum and minimum in the voltages of the plurality of cells detected by the voltage detector parts is equal to or less than a voltage difference threshold A(i) based on a basic value B(i) changing according to a value i of current detected by the current detector part in a state in which the warm-up operation is performed after the activation of the fuel cell device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018093591-A (JP)
Title: Power supply device
Inventor: NAKANO TOSHIHIKO
IPC: G01R11/00
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply device that is free from failures for customers who use electric products or the like by selecting a time zone during which electricity rates are low even if time of a built-in clock of a smart meter and time of a clock set indoors are not matched.SOLUTION: A power supply device 1a includes: a smart meter 2 that transmits a first identification signal with a different frequency every predetermined time zone; and a plurality of time-zone based outlets 3 that receive the first identification signal. The smart meter 2 includes: a measuring section 2b for obtaining an amount of power consumption by a device or the like connected to a terminal section 2a; a computing unit 2c that performs an accounting calculation or the like on the basis of the power consumption amount: a built-in clock 2g; and a communication unit 2h. The time-zone based outlet 3 includes: a receiving unit 3a that receives a signal transmitted from the communication unit 2h of the smart meter 2; an insertion plug 3g; an insertion port 3h; and an opening/closing portion 3i for opening and closing a circuit for connecting the insertion plug 3g and the insertion port 3h in accordance with an instruction from a control portion 3c.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018092755-A (JP)
Title: Radiation device
Inventor: IWASAKI RYUICHI
IPC: F21V29/60
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radiation device which enables improvement of heat radiation ability without increasing the size of the device.SOLUTION: A heat sink 32 partitions the interior of a housing 2 into a heat radiation space 140 in which a heat radiation unit 40 is disposed and a radiation space 130 in which a light source unit 30 is disposed. The heat sink 32 is provided with a communication port 150 communicating with the heat radiation space 140 and the radiation space 130. The housing 2 is provided with: a first vent hole 51 provided with a fan 20; a second vent hole 52 which causes the heat radiation space 140 to communicate with the outside of the housing 2; and a third vent hole 53 which causes the radiation space 130 to communicate with the outside of the housing 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2017083853-A (JP)
Title: Image display device and image display method
Inventor: ITO HIROTOMO
IPC: G09G5/00
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for controlling images to be displayed without depending on measurement instruments and measurement ranges thereof.SOLUTION: An image display device 500 includes a combiner 400 for presenting a virtual image using image display light. An image acquisition unit 502 acquires an image signal. A mask control unit 508 identifies area and brightness values of the virtual image from the image signal acquired by the image acquisition unit 502 and, when the identified area and the brightness values satisfy a predetermined condition for determining whether to apply a mask process to at least a portion of the virtual image, applies the mask process on the image signal acquired by the image acquisition unit 502 so as to increase transmittance of the virtual image with respect to the combiner 400. A projection unit 300 projects image display light on the basis of the image signal mask-processed by the mask control unit 508.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018093344-A (JP)
Title: Active Clamp Circuit
Inventor: KAMAIKE HARUKI
IPC: H03K17/08
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the rise in a collector voltage during a turn-off time and concurrently, suppress the excessive increase in gate voltage to prevent an element from being broken in a power MOSFET or IGBT module.SOLUTION: When a gate voltage of an FET Q1 exceeds a sum total of a Zener voltage Vz2 of a second Zener Diode Dz2 and a forward voltage Vf2 of a second diode D2, a current through a resistance R1 flows into the second Zener Diode, and the gate voltage is just allowed to rise to Vz2+Vf2 relative to a voltage at an emitter of an IGBT. Further, when the FET Q1 has a gate threshold Vth, the rise of a gate-emitter voltage Vge of the IGBT is restricted to be up to a fixed voltage. Besides, when the maximum rating of the gate voltage is Vgm, the voltage Vz2 is set so as to meet the following expression: Vz2<Vgm+Vth+Vf1(Forward voltage of the first diode D1)-Vf2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018091036-A (JP)
Title: Slope stabilization method
Inventor: NAGAOKA SHINGEN
IPC: E02D17/20
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means capable of ensuring safety during construction with respect to the slope stabilization method by reverse winding construction using an anchor.SOLUTION: Temporary tension is introduced to an anchor at a stage where an intersection is set on a cut surface by using a pressure receiving plate including at least an intersection formed by a factory and an arm part constructed at the site. After that, cutting work of the latter stage is performed. Construction of the arm part and introduction of the final tension force to the anchor are carried out concurrently after the cutting work of the latter stage described above.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2017164469-A (JP)
Title: Ampule direct connection type beauty equipment
Inventor: KIM SANG DU
IPC: A61N1/44
Filed: 2016-12-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide ampule direct connection type beauty equipment in which an ampule with pumping means can be replaced and used.SOLUTION: Ampule direct connection type beauty equipment concerning the present invention is provided in which an ampoule with pumping means can be replaced and used. The ampule direct connection type beauty equipment comprises: a body comprising an ampule mounting part formed inside the detachment/attachment part; a contact part detachably coupled to the detachment/attachment part while covering the pumping means of the ampoule, and coming in contact therewith; and a head with a discharge hole provided penetrating through the contact part. The nozzle part of the pumping means is inserted and connected directly into the discharge hole. When the pumping means is operated, cosmetics are promptly discharged from the nozzle part to the outside of the head, and the cosmetics may not remain in the discharge hole.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018092845-A (JP)
Title: Induction heater, shrink fitting device and induction heating method
Inventor: SHIMIZU TOMOKAZU
IPC: H05B6/02
Filed: 2016-12-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate setting of a heating element to a temperature around a target temperature while rapidly heating the heating element.SOLUTION: An induction heater 200 induction-heats a heating element 5 formed from a magnetic material. The induction heater 200 includes: an induction heat coil 6 wound to cover the heating element 5 and a power supply part 201 which supplies a high-frequency current to the induction heat coil 6 and heats the heating element 5 to a target temperature by induction heating. The target temperature is set to a higher temperature than a curie temperature of the heating element 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2018080431-A (JP)
Title: Hairstyle maintenance liner
Inventor: MINAMI MASATERU
IPC: A42B1/04
Filed: 2016-11-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hairstyle maintenance liner which is easily detachable on the inside of a hat, suppresses damage of a scalp, suppresses partial deformation of the hat and collapse of a hair after wearing the hat.SOLUTION: There is provided a hair style maintenance liner 10 attached to the inside of a hat 1 and stretching along the head of a human body, comprising: a liner body 11; and a plurality of protruding members 12 formed on a surface facing the head of the liner main body 11, in which a height of the plurality of projecting members 12 is set such that a radially innermost projecting member 12 is the highest and a radially outermost projecting member 12 is the lowest, with a center portion 11a of the liner main body 11 as a center, and the liner body 11 is made of a flexible material, and in a deployed state, has a plurality of tongue-shaped portions 11b extending radially outward at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction around a center portion 11a facing the head top portion of the human body, so that collapse of a hair after wearing the hat 1 can be suppressed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018098585-A (JP)
Title: Imaging apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium
Inventor: MATSUMOTO YUKIHIRO
IPC: G03B15/00
Filed: 2016-12-09
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an image having good exposure to be obtained even if aperture control is not performed in shooting of time lapse video.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging section for acquiring an image by capturing a subject image, and executes intermittent imaging by using the imaging section, for acquiring a time lapse video by imaging the subject intermittently and connecting multiple images thus acquired, and further includes an aperture and an exposure control section for setting an aperture value of an aperture for use in intermittent imaging. The exposure control section maintains the aperture value, for use in the intermittent imaging, at a prescribed value during acquisition of the same time lapse video, on the basis of total imaging time for acquiring the same time lapse video.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2017051200-A (JP)
Title: Container-packed wheat flour
Inventor: YOSHIOKA YASUYUKI
IPC: A23L7/157
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheat flour in which there is less generation of scattering or lumps, and a little by little amount can be dispensed out from the shaking container to the food material.SOLUTION: Provided is a container-packed wheat flour that is a wheat flour having an angle of repose of 40 to 51 degrees filled in a dispensing container having 4 to 7 dispensing holes with a maximum width of 3 to 12 mm.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2018097767-A (JP)
Title: In-store sales system
Inventor: SOYAMA KAZUHIRO
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an in-store sales system capable of shortening a waiting time in the case of purchasing a commodity that a preprocessing commodity selling device sells in a store.SOLUTION: In an in-store sales system, a money processing device 1 and a coffee machine 2 that is arranged at a position away from the money processing device and in which preprocessing of a commodity is performed are communicatively connected. The money processing device 1 includes a commodity sales control unit 15 that, when payment of coffee, which is a commodity with preprocessing sold by the coffee machine 2, is completed, instructs the coffee machine 2 to start preprocessing of the commodity whose payment has been completed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018100734-A (JP)
Title: Lubrication control device for friction fastening elements
Inventor: ENAMI TAKEHIRO
IPC: F16D25/12
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lubrication control device for friction fastening elements, capable of improving fuel efficiency.SOLUTION: The lubrication control device for the friction fastening elements, for supplying lubricating oil to first and second friction fastening elements one of which engages and the other of which disengages at this time, includes a first oil path to which the lubricating oil from a hydraulic power source is supplied, and a flow amount change part connected to the first oil path for, when the temperatures of the first and second friction fastening elements are threshold values or lower, reducing the flow amount of the lubricating oil to be supplied to the first and second friction fastening elements.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2B
Patent JP-2018099719-A (JP)
Title: Volume reduction machine
Inventor: YANO SHOJIRO
IPC: B30B9/32
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the volume of a resin container with a mouth such as a PET bottle with high efficiency, can collect a resin base material with high efficiency, and can be reduced in such as a size to be installed in a retail store.SOLUTION: A volume reduction machine has a rotor 5 and a pressure-receiving wall 6 surrounding the rotor 5, where the rotor 5 has a rotor shaft 7, a plurality of compaction teeth 28 which radially protrude outside in a radial direction from the rotor shaft 7 and are continuously formed in an axial direction; and a feed vane 29 which surrounds an outer peripheral surface being an outlet position in at least a feeding direction in the rotor shaft 7 and spirally projects, where the compaction teeth 28 are formed so that an interval H of the adjacent projection ends in a circumferential direction of the rotor shaft 7 is wider than a mouth portion J of a resin container W and is narrower than the resin container W before volume reduction, and the pressure receiving wall 6 is formed so as to have a dimensional region such that a space with the projection end of the compaction teeth 28 is smaller than the resin container W before volume reduction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1